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I’ve updated most of the pages with the latest screenshots. I had to install yet another WordPress plugin as, annoyingly, if you want to replace an existing screenshot you have to upload a fresh one, delete the old one then rename the new one and then it should (!) appear on the page. Or you […]

The other day I copied over a new beta copy of the Toolbox onto my DropBox account at home. Nothing strange about that. However, several people pointed out to me that the link didn’t work. This link has pointed to my .DOTM file for some considerable time, but for some reason it’s now altered. This […]

As my first official post on this new official website for my add-in, it might be a lengthy one 🙂 Code optimisation(s): There are several that I’ve discovered, including a variant of the ‘IF’ command that I didn’t know existed. First There’s the condensation of a line of code. I’ve done this before in previous […]

This is slow, dull and boring work, but it must be done. First, I have to copy each article (in batches of a month’s worth) into a separate Word document. Then reformat the text so that it won’t look odd when it’s pasted into WordPress. For each post (i.e. there will be multiple per Word document) […]

Years (and years) ago, I used to run a blog using an ancient copy of WordPress. There weren’t that many plugins available to help keep the spammers away, so I found myself spending a lot of time removing them. Since I created this site, I’ve made sure that I’ve switched on the various protection methods […]

And it’s already up to v1.90e due to the work that I’ve been doing. So what’s been added/altered recently? a) I added an Index to my manual. This was going great until I tried to use my own Field Inspector tool to list the fields and the presence of the index caused it to crash. […]

I’ve almost finished moving everything across from the old Weebly-powered site to this new site. I’ve learned a lot about WordPress and how to get site(s) up and running quite quickly. Sites? Well, I’ve also been busy creating my ‘dumping ground’ site (www.mug-uk.co.uk) and another site for preserving 1200+ slide scans from the late 60s/early […]

New domain I’ve bought a new domain (mikestoolbox.co.uk -i.e. the site you’re on now) so that I can move this site across to a WordPress-based one. No offence Weebly, but you’ve been great for the last 2 years (and 2 months), but now that I’ve been using WordPress more and more, it’s the way I […]

It’s been a few months since the release of v1.87, but after several incarnations of the beta (v1.88), I can now announce the availability of v1.89. There have been *lots* of changes: either to existing features, or adding new features. I’ve also fixed some really embarrassing bug fixes and, as a visitor to this blog, […]

I’ve released a stand-alone version of a function that was from an older version of the toolbox. The code has been tidied up, CSV file writing added and some extra checks are now included. Load up the RoboHelp Map ID Report, click the Convert button and a .CSV file version will appear in the same […]